A walk around the Pollinator Ranch with an eye to the ground.
Even more of our Common Stinkhorns (Phallus impudicus) continue to pop up!
This mushroom was even more interesting as it withers away.
From underneath it looked like a bird about to take off. Well, I imagine its spores had already flew the coop. 🙂
Here is our Funaria serrata moss! It is located on the path we take every morning!
Stopping to look at others in our path like this acrocarpous moss.
This one looked interesting and beautiful with its whitish capsules.
Then a speck of a very tiny orange cup fungus caught my eye.
Another tiny mushroom.
Jim spotted this tiny fungus. He saw a white spot on the log he was cutting. And this is tiny at only about 1.5mm across.
I had my suspicions on this one’s identity. A search revealed and confirmed my hunch, a baby Split Gill! And look to the left even tinier ones.
Then I split the Split Gill. This wonderful fungus is on every continent in the world except for the Antarctica. It is most often found on dead wood. The link below tell its story.
Just FYI, this is what the full grown Split Gills look like.
Whoa, right now the Pollinator Ranch is the Fungal Nation!
Bittersweet article about Yellowstone wolf #907F. I hope there’s a Rainbow Bridge for wolves.
Surely there is 🤞🏼
That split gill must be my favorite. It’s gorgeous. And i hope there’s a rainbow bridge for every critter.
Guess I’ll be on the lookout for split gills – such beauties!